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Canter Cuties need Homes by the end of the month

Just a heads up, Turfway Park in Northen Kentucky is closing its meet at the end of March, and there are quite a few canter cuties up there that need new homes! I volunteer for Canter KY, so no monetary gain for me, just want to help some horses find some new homes! Some of the lookers include:

OP, do you know how willing they would be to negotiate? I am very interested in Suave Shadow to start as a event project, but he's slightly over my budget.

In my experience with working at the trainers at Arapahoe Park here in Colorado, they are nearly always willing to negotiate. The worst they can say is no--call up the trainer and make a reasonable offer and see. I generally caution people to not go crazy with a lowball offer, as that can be a bit off putting to some, but it sounds like you're close on price, so not going for that tactic!

and I understand what you mean by a lowball offer - I could technically pay the full 1k, (I mean it's not too terribly much) but it'd cut into the savings I have for basic horse care/supplies.

Thank you!

Just be careful when buying horses, the purchase price is just the beginning - read up on ulcers in TB's (very high incidence so budget for this not cheap treatment, call your vet & inquire; there are ways to do it "on the cheap" but scoping is always the best starting point), expect to sort out feet (frequent trims, special shoes etc), be aware of typical "letdown" & "retraining" - there are some wonderful websites about bringing home your OTTB & re-starting him; be prepared to buy/find the right saddle for your new boy ... & so on

What are we looking at? I'd say a truly terrible hip angle in the first and a simple case of downhill looking in the second. Don't think the first would look much better in person (although maybe--it is TOUGH to get good pictures at the track) but the second could look considerably nicer in person and/or moving.

The only horse I took the listing for that is still on the website is Afleet Indy. Most trainers are open to reasonable negotiations, so I would recommend anyone who is interested in a horse to contact the trainer direct. I just want to help spread the word on these horses, as they are nice individuals!

What are we looking at? I'd say a truly terrible hip angle in the first and a simple case of downhill looking in the second. Don't think the first would look much better in person (although maybe--it is TOUGH to get good pictures at the track) but the second could look considerably nicer in person and/or moving.

Getting pics can be tough, but I was wondering if anyone thought a bad pic could be THAT different from the real thing. The first horse is described as having "very nice conformation." ????? Really?

Getting pics can be tough, but I was wondering if anyone thought a bad pic could be THAT different from the real thing. The first horse is described as having "very nice conformation." ????? Really?

Shrug. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that CANTER utilizes volunteers that may or may not have the same sort of education or even desires that you or I may have. And the job IS to help get the horses sold.

And perhaps the hip on the horse doesn't look nearly so extreme as in the photos. God knows I've seen horses at the track and formed options based on the real, live animal in front of me and then gotten home and looked at my pics and wondered WTF happened. It's a tough gig, trying to get an accurate representation of the horse in the 10 minutes you've got the horse out of the stall, rarely with level footing, almost never with someone who knows how to set the horse up the way sport horse people want to see and often with all sorts of crazy shit happening around you.